All Helicopters articles – Page 239
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PW206 to power Bell 427
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC The PRATT & WHITNEY Canada PW206D turbo-shaft engine has been selected by Bell Helicopter Textron to power its new light twin, the Bell 427. The 450kW (600shp) PW206D was chosen over the Allison Model 250-C22+ and the Turbomeca Arrius 2 to power ...
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IAR agrees with Eurocopter to build Ecureuil
IAR has signed an agreement with Eurocopter International for licensed production of the French Ecureuil light helicopter in Romania.The deal, due to come into force following approval from the respective Governments, covers airframe manufacture and final assembly of 80 single-engined AS350BA Ecureuils and twin-engined AS355N Ecureuil 2s. IAR ...
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MD600N lost to blade strike
Graham Warwick/ATLANTA The second McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems' (MDHS) MD600N prototype was destroyed by fire on 28 May after a crash-landing during flight-testing. The pilot was uninjured. MDHS says that certification of the eight-seat helicopter, scheduled for September, will be delayed, but believes that first deliveries ...
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PZL-Swidnik picks PT6 for new Sokol
PZL-Swidnik has selected the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6C-65 turboshaft to power a new model of the multi-purpose, twin-engined, W-3 Sokol helicopter. The PT6C-65 is a new turboshaft series derived from the PT6 turboprop family and will be available in thrust ratings from 895-1,490kW (1,200-2,000shp). The Sokol programme ...
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Italy powers ahead with its latest A109
AGUSTA HELICOPTERS has achieved Italian certification of the latest member of its A109 family, the Power, just one year after it was first revealed at the 1995 Paris air show. The first of six helicopters is due to be delivered to launch customer Omniflight in September. Agusta claims to have ...
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US sightseeing tours in jeopardy
Karen Walker/ATLANTA AROUND 250 OPERATORS which specialise in providing air tours over national parks in the USA face being put out of business by proposed laws which could lead to a ban of all such flights. The US Air Tour Association (USATA) and the Helicopter ...
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NTSB demands immediate inspection of Bell tail booms
THE US NATIONAL Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recommends immediate and recurring inspections for cracks in the tail booms of certain Bell 206L (LongRanger) helicopters. The NTSB urges the US Federal Aviation Administration to act after probing the 4 April crash of a Bell 206L-1 near Charleston, West Virginia, ...
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Auxiliary roles
As airliners evolve, so do their auxiliary power units. Andrew Doyle/LONDON AUXILIARY-POWER-UNIT (APU) manufacturers are employing new technology to meet ever-increasing demands from aircraft operators for higher reliability and low cost of ownership. They are also studying radical new roles for the APU, and the ...
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Polish purchase
Bell Helicopter Textron has sold a Bell 407 helicopter to an unnamed private operator in Poland, to be delivered in 1997.The company has appointed Lloyd's Investments (Poland) to be its representative in the country, and is close to naming a partner in the Czech Republic. The seven-seat 407 is based ...
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Hamilton
Robert Moore has been appointed executive vice-president for aircraft products at United Technologies Hamilton Standard, of Windsor Locks, Connecticut. Moore, who was most recently senior vice-president for production operations at US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky, succeeds Hansel Tookes, who has become president for Government engine business at United Technologies Pratt & ...
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Customer support
The Pratt & Whitney Canada/MTU European Customer Support Centre (CSC) has purchased a 51% share in Anglo-African Automotive, a maintenance company previously jointly owned by Denel Aviation and National Airways (NAC), a Raytheon Aircraft and Bell Helicopter Tex- tron distributor. The company, based a Lanseria Airport near Johannesburg, has been ...
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Eurocopter clinches Russian contract
EUROCOPTER HAS signed a contract for the sale of two BO105 CBS/EC Super Five helicopters and the lease of a third to Russia's disaster-response ministry, EMERCOM. The ministry already operates two BO105s, which it acquired a year ago. Like these, the new helicopters will also be used as ...
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Capital gains
Overcoming finance-house ignorance of product and market is the first problem for private purchasers attempting to buy an aircraft. Karen Walker/ATLANTA BUYING A HOUSE is often listed as a high-stress activity, but for those people interested in owning an aircraft, obtaining a mortgage can seem enviously ...
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Wanda Burghart
BELL TEXTRON Bell Helicopter Textron of Fort Worth, Texas, has named Wanda Burghart director of training and development. Burghart, with Bell since 1984, will be responsible for all employee-training programmes, long-range strategic planning and the company's organisational development Source: Flight International
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All-weather rescue radar gets airing
EUROCOPTER HAS displayed a BK117 helicopter fitted with a cruciform, rotor-mounted, mock-up HeliRadar at the show. The All-Weather Rescue Helicopter is the subject of a German research ministry-sponsored programme to develop a machine capable of operations at night and in bad weather. The HeliRadar technology should permit rescue missions in ...
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Flat panels tested in A319
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE has tested flat-panel liquid-crystal displays (LCDs) in the cockpit of an A319, but has no plans to introduce the screens on production aircraft. The screens were developed by France's Sextant Avionique for use on the Dassault Rafale fighter and the Eurocopter Tiger helicopter. Jean Marc ...
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MD900 Explorer faces IFR delay
Guy Norris/LOS ANGELES Ajoint McDONNELL Douglas (MDC)/AlliedSignal effort to develop an instrument flight-rules (IFR) package for the MD900 Explorer has been delayed because of "greater-than-expected complexity". The IFR package, announced at Heli-Expo in February, was due to be certificated by the end of April. MDC ...
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Olympic Team
Bell Helicopter Textron has selected St Louis Helicopters, of Missouri, to operate 13 Model 206B-3 Jet- Rangers and 206L LongRangers in support of television coverage of the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Bell is the official helicopter sponsor for the Games. Source: Flight International
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Powering into the future
Germany's two engine manufacturersstill have one programme in common. Andrzej Jeziorski/MUNICH DAIMLER-BENZ Aerospace problem-child MTU Munchen and its upstart rival BMW Rolls-Royce, along with the German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR), are participating in a Government-sponsored research programme to develop technology for the next generation of ...